16. Miscellaneous offences,
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Every person, who—
contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulation made thereunder ,
makes any statement, in an application or declaration made by him under section 4, or in any record maintained, by him or in any return furnished under section 7, knowing such statement to be false in any material particulars ;
resists or obstructs the Competent Authority or any person authorised in writing by the Competent
Authority, in the exercise, by such Competent
Authority, or person of the powers conferred on him by section 14 ; or
influences or attempts to influence the Competent
Authority or any person authorised in writing by the
Competent Authority in the exercise, by such
Competent Authority or person, of the powers conferred on him by section 14, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description to a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.